Chapter 27
My expression hardened without
realizing it. This was a warning ssage that I had never seen in the ga.
I rembered when I saved the people of Rovel. They were not believers of the Rizes Church, so this ssage did not appear.
'This...'
I reread the ssage.
They gave
a warning, which ant they wanted
to be careful.
But, I was glad that it said 'may detect' instead of 'detected'.
That ant it was still okay.
It was sothing I had to do sooner or later anyway. To drive out Diego Faith, which occupied the continent. So, for
to survive, I couldn't be scared and back off.
First, I had to finish things here.
I managed my expression and showed both arms to the villagers.
"Our Kyros Faith is always open. A Kyros Faith temple will open soon in Rovel of the Holden Territory, so please visit us sotis."
The elder glared at
for openly recruiting believers, but he couldn't say anything.
I smiled happily as I heard the cheers of the villagers.
In this small village where most of the people were believers of Kyros Faith, what could a single follower of Diego Faith do?
'Nothing.'
Considering the distance, Kyros Faith temple was much closer than Diego Faith temple.
Maybe, soon the elder would beco a believer of Kyros Faith too.
I bowed my head to the villagers who were hugging each other happily. It was ti for us to part.
"Then, we'll go back now."
"What? You're leaving already?"
"Stay and sleep here! We'll leave in the morning!"
"Yeah! We want to repay you too!"
The villagers tried to stop us, but it was inevitable.
"It's okay. We didn't do this to get repaid. So have a comfortable night."
We had to go back ho before the sky got completely bright.
The villagers let us go as we refused every ti they tried to stop us.
"Thank you so much for everything."
"No, Cyril. We should thank you more."
Cyril also said goodbye to Kess and followed us.
"Let's go back."
It was ti to go ho.
We left Cartel Village.
"It looks peaceful when you see it like this."
Zain looked around the forest and muttered. Cartel Forest, where there were no darkwolves, felt quiet and serene.
"That's right."
Cyril also smiled as if he felt nostalgic.
"It's such a beautiful forest! Right, Chesi?"
"Huh? Uh, yeah."
The kids also seed excited.
But I couldn't smile easily. I had a lot on my mind.
There were too many things that bothered .
I sorted out the things that had happened one by one.
First, Terdius might have been brainwashed by Diego Faith too.
I didn't mind that much that he wasn't on my side. After all, He was the protagonist of this world.
But still, if he was brainwashed...
'I want to free him and bring him with
if possible.'
I couldn't just ignore him. Even though he was my enemy now, Terdius was still the protagonist of the original story. There was nothing bad about being on his side.
And another thing was the 'divine punishnt' that the villagers of Cartel Village ntioned.
I didn't see it in the ga, so it bothered .
Maybe Diego beca more evil than in the original story.
Let's say that was my guess for now.
And finally, there was Khalid and a Black Arc that suddenly appeared.
This was...
'I don't know what to do either...'
The difficulty of this hidden route beca abnormally high.
At this rate, I had to get stronger as soon as possible.
I sighed softly and opened the quest window.
[Main Quest
Content: Help the God of Beauty Kyros eliminate the Evil God Diego.
Goal: Make more than 80% of the population on Celeste Continent a believer of the God Kyros within 3 years (currently 0%).
Success: ???
Failure: Death (soul annihilation), World Destruction.]
I often checked the main quest. To see if the current number in the goal increased.
But the display was still 0%.
'...Does it not show decimal places?'
The current number of Kyros Faith believers is about 250. But, the goal number didn't budge at all.
Maybe I had to fill at least 1 percent. How many people live on this continent?
-My little bird!
Kyros called
in a refreshing voice when I was swallowing curses in my mind.
-You did a great job. A really great job! You saved our believer and made the villagers a believer of Kyros Faith, too! I'm so happy!
'Yes.
too.'
I answered dryly.
I still had a long way to go, and it was daunting...
But, the feeling of helping people was not bad.
My prediction was exactly right. I felt like I was on the brink of death.
Of course, I could rest all day if I wanted to.
But then, they might suspect
now.
Suspicion starts from a small spark, so I decided to endure one more day for caution.
That Fanatic bastard increased the intensity of the exercise, and my body was miserably crushed...
'Damn kid. Can't you take it easy for a day?'
I cursed Fanatic in my mind as I dragged my legs that hardly moved to my room.
I tried using healing skills on myself, but they didn't get rid of all the fatigue.
-It seems that kid hates you.
Kyros felt sorry for
who had been exercising all day.
'Right? It doesn't make sense at this intensity, right?'
-Yeah, yeah. How dare he make my child suffer so much. Tsk tsk.
I swallowed my irritation and dragged myself to the bathroom, where I took the poison and splashed so water on my body. Then I lay down on the bed.
I should avoid going out at night for a while. I need to recover from the fatigue and stick to the plan.
I closed my eyes. I was exhausted, so I thought I would fall asleep soon.
"Ah, right!"
Then I suddenly rembered sothing.
I quickly opened my inventory.
[1-ti Agent Draw Ticket (5 pieces)
Grade: ???
Description: You can draw an agent from C-grade to S-grade.]
Draw tickets! I should use them before sleeping!
I smiled as I looked at the tickets. I reached out to use them. As soon as my hand touched the tickets, I felt the sa sensation of floating, and then everything turned white.
When I opened my eyes again, I was in another dinsion.
A world where only a slot machine was waiting for .
'I can't get used to this no matter how many tis I see it.'
By the way, the slot machine had changed from before.
There used to be only grades written on the screen, but now there was an explanation.
[You can set the desired branch by consuming 5 Agent Draw Tickets.]
[However, the grade is random, and you can only draw one agent.]
So this is a guaranteed draw, right?
There was no such ssage last ti, so maybe it only activates when you have more than 5 tickets.
Anyway, even though it consus 5 tickets and the grade is random,
'If I can choose the branch, it's a different story.'
First of all, I checked the list of branches that I could draw.
Cooking, it would be nice to have a chef who can take care of the cooking at the temple.
Singing, a singer that praises Kyros would not be bad either.
Healing, healers are always welco.
Politics, might be useful when there is a conflict between religions.
Cuteness.
...Huh? Cuteness? Why is this here? It's kind of tempting. But. Maybe, I'll try it later when I have more tickets.
As I was looking through the list,
"This is..."
There was one branch that caught my eye.
"It's exactly what I needed. What a lucky break."
The branch was 'Art'.
The most needed thing for the opening of the temple was a picture and a statue of Kyros, so I needed an art branch.
"But it's 5 tickets, maybe there will be no art branch? No, wait, but honestly, I'm not very lucky..."
Let's just go for the guaranteed draw.
If I drew 5 people without confirmation and there was no art branch among them, it would be a total waste.
After thinking for a long ti, I finally chose the 'Art' branch and pulled the lever.
[5 Agent Draw Tickets will be consud.]
Ding---ding---ding---
The slot machine started spinning with a flashy sound effect. As soon as that happened, I clasped my hands together and prayed.
'Please, please an S-grade! God, Buddha, no, Kyros! Please!'
Bling---bling---bling!
With all kinds of sound effects and flashes, the slot machine started to slow down.
Thump, thump, thump. My heart was beating fast. C, B, A, S, the alphabets were spinning rapidly and finally stopped.
On an 'S'.
"Woohoo!!"
I roared with joy.
I drew another S! I beat the 25 percent chance!
[Congratulations! You have drawn an S-grade agent!]
Confetti exploded and a congratulatory ssage appeared. The slot machine emitted light and in an instant, I was back on my bed.
And in the sa lying position as before.
Wow, I really drew another S-grade!
I kicked the blanket with joy.
Then, I felt soone moving next to . When I turned my head, I saw my S-grade artist.
The new arrival was Sasha, a cute girl with brown hair tied down on both sides who looked about the sa age as Alphius and Chester.
She looked a bit tired but she nodded her head when our eyes t.
"Hello, Leader. My na is Sasha."
"Hi, Sasha. Nice to et you."
This girl is an S-grade in the art branch! Yay!
-Oh my goodness, what a cute angel!
Kyros was as happy as . This was not the ti for this. I got up from the bed and grabbed a paper and a pencil from the desk. I handed them to Sasha and she took them with her small hands.
Then, Sasha sat down on the carpet and started drawing.
She imrsed herself in drawing in an instant. She looked cool.
Thump, thump, thump. I was excited and sat quietly on the bed, waiting for Sasha's artistic spirit to burn.
After about a minute.
Sasha handed
the paper.
"I'm done."
And when I took the paper from Sasha, I couldn't help but widen my eyes and open my mouth.
-Gasp...!
Even Kyros was so surprised that he swallowed his breath.
It was inevitable. Sasha's drawing was not just a drawing. It was amazing. Even I, who knew nothing about art, could tell. It was like she took a photo of Kyros.
I smiled so wide that my mouth reached my ears.
This is it. This is it. This is it...!
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